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16.4.3508.0205 2.38%
16.4.3505.0912 23.81%
15.4.3555.0308 47.62%
15.4.3538.0513 4.76%
15.4.3502.0922 2.38%
14.0.8117.0416 19.05%

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faultrep.dll
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kernel32.dll
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msvcr110.dll
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msvcr80.dll
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msvcr90.dll
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ole32.dll
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psapi.dll
GetModuleFileNameExW
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW, SHCreateDirectoryExW, SHGetKnownFolderPath
shlwapi.dll
StrStrIW, PathFindExtensionW, PathFindFileNameW
version.dll
GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, GetFileVersionInfoW, VerQueryValueW

wlcomm.exe

Windows Live Communications Platform by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove wlcomm.exe
Version:   15.4.3538.0513
MD5:   32d7820ee5d7da1c66214ee0a1d35715
SHA1:   b7f0af3a5303fd57ee43475b5f9506e0c7eeafa5
SHA256:   7fd50a8480eeaf10ef52ff36c8aa1fe003ca365465cb549fd465968f51f5d3a8

Overview

wlcomm.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Windows Live Essentials published by Microsoft Corporation, Windows Live from Microsoft Corporation and Windows Live by Microsoft Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

DetailsDetails

File name:wlcomm.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows Live Communications Platform
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\windows live\contacts\wlcomm.exe
File version:15.4.3538.0513
Size:24.86 KB (25,456 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Sunday, July 12, 2009
Expiration date:Sunday, July 3, 2011
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Windows Live Essentials
 Microsoft Corporation
10% remove
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, and security services. Essentials programs are designed to integrate well with each other, with Microsoft Windows, and with other Microsoft web-based services such as SkyDrive and Outlook.com, so that they operate as a seamless whole.
Windows Live
 Microsoft Corporation
9% remove
Windows Live "is a way to extend the Windows user experience". Windows Vista provides a link in its user interface to download Windows Live Messenger, and Windows 7 saw the removal of applications such as Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker and replaced with the Windows Essentials suite, a software package that allows the downloading and installation of similar offerings from Windows Live. Windows Live offers int...
Podstawowe programy Windows Live
 Microsoft Corporation
8% remove
“Windows Live is the former collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile servi...”
Windows Live Communications Platform
 Microsoft Corporation
3% remove
Windows Live Messenger (Windows Live Communications Platform) is an instant messaging platform. Windows Live Messenger uses the Microsoft Notification Protocol (MSNP) over TCP (and optionally over HTTP to deal with proxies) to connect to Microsoft Messenger service—a service offered on port 1863.
Network connections
  • [TCP] 157.55.157.37:443
  • [UDP] listens on port 54634
  • [UDP] listens on port 9

    • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00028934%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00013656%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00015278%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:13,387,288 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:15,390,836/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:25.04 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):35.74 MB
    Private (minimum):12.93 MB
    Non-paged memory:25.04 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:172.75 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):175.89 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:31.85 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):37.61 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:34,981/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:882.83 KB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:5/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:1.72 MB/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:3,441/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:309 Bytes/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:10/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:18
    12
    Handles:718
    600
    GUI GDI count:13
    103
    GUI GDI peak:14
    142
    GUI USER count:34
    49
    GUI USER peak:50
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Medium
    Platform:64-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\windows live\contacts\wlcomm.exe" -embedding
    Owner:User
    Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    wlcomm.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:1.30604144%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.00209827%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:1.30394317%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:16,711,388/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Context switches:3/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:100 KB
    1.16 MB
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.04171959%
    Kernel CPU:0.03085966%
    User CPU:0.01085994%
    CPU cycles:518,408/sec
    Context switches:1/sec
    Memory:1.66 MB
    wow64.dll
    Total CPU:0.00009655%
    Kernel CPU:0.00006437%
    User CPU:0.00003218%
    CPU cycles:2,208/sec
    Memory:252 KB

    Common loaded modules

    These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Windows 7 Home Premium 47.62%
    Windows 7 Ultimate 21.43%
    Windows 7 Professional 7.14%
    Microsoft Windows XP 7.14%
    Windows Vista Home Premium 7.14%
    Windows 7 Enterprise 2.38%
    Windows 8 2.38%
    Windows 8 Enterprise 2.38%
    Windows 7 Home Basic 2.38%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 26.19% of Windows Live Communications Platform.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    Toshiba 20.69%
    Hewlett-Packard 20.69%
    ASUS 13.79%
    Acer 13.79%
    NEC 6.90%
    Sony 6.90%
    Dell 6.90%
    Samsung 3.45%
    American Megatrends 3.45%
    GIGABYTE 3.45%
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